Door seal glue

FluffySheep · 25 Jul 2023 at 19:30

Hi all.

The rubber door seal has started to come away from the metal of my door. It's only held on by glue as there's no tab, etc for it to grip into. Any recommendations for a type of glue to hold it back on with? Tried double sided tape but even good stuff separated from the paint/metal again really quickly.

Thanks in advance
FluffySheep

jpaul · 25 Jul 2023 at 20:27

Serious Glue - no really , great suff make sure the paint has no wax and the seal is well cleaned on contact surfaces
- it's a flexible glue, would need to press the join whilst it sets 1hr, closing the door might be adequate

Diagro · 25 Jul 2023 at 22:19

We had this on our sisters cmax.
I used gel superglue on each door seal.

Our Grand Cmax has now gotten the same issue. I'll.be buying more glue.

theone8181 · 26 Jul 2023 at 07:17

It's not a mk3 focus is it? I've used impact adhesive in the past and it works but can get a bit messy.

Nasher · 26 Jul 2023 at 07:46

Maybe 3m weatherstrip glue. I used that to stick seals to the Elise hard roof.

Jonnycoupe · 26 Jul 2023 at 08:33

jpaul said:
Serious Glue - no really , great suff make sure the paint has no wax and the seal is well cleaned on contact surfaces
- it's a flexible glue, would need to press the join whilst it sets 1hr, closing the door might be adequate

Is this the good stuff for sniffing before engaging GluGPT postings? :cry:

jpaul · 26 Jul 2023 at 08:46

It is the eponymous does what it says on the tin product - few of these around, but I'm intrigued by the apparently flexible superglue gel, Diagro mentioned.

FluffySheep · 26 Jul 2023 at 12:59

Time for a visit to the hardware shop for this serious glue. Wish me luck...
FluffySheep

jpaul · 26 Jul 2023 at 13:39

hope that was a euphemism for the online hardware shop
I'd only buy it (like superglue gel too) off of the web amazon/ebay last 30/33g tube I had was about £7 - sorry high street

Armageus · 26 Jul 2023 at 13:58

theone8181 said:
It's not a mk3 focus is it?

I used Loctite Precision Max Superglue on my Mk3 Focus - didn't expect normal superglue to stick to Metal, but worked absolutely fine

Jonnycoupe · 26 Jul 2023 at 14:14

jpaul said:
hope that was a euphemism for the online hardware shop
I'd only buy it (like superglue gel too) off of the web amazon/ebay last 30/33g tube I had was about £7 - sorry high street

Sticky subject to support killing the high street.

FluffySheep · 26 Jul 2023 at 20:06

jpaul said:
hope that was a euphemism for the online hardware shop
I'd only buy it (like superglue gel too) off of the web amazon/ebay last 30/33g tube I had was about £7 - sorry high street

Nah. Got an indie hardware shop on the high street in town. 3 small tubes for £4. Got the gel superglue ready but typically for Wales it's raining now...

FluffySheep

theone8181 · 27 Jul 2023 at 07:39

Armageus said:
I used Loctite Precision Max Superglue on my Mk3 Focus - didn't expect normal superglue to stick to Metal, but worked absolutely fine

I mentioned it as it happened to my wife's, and I've noticed it on quite a few mk3s.

Brozart · 27 Jul 2023 at 07:59

theone8181 said:
It's not a mk3 focus is it? I've used impact adhesive in the past and it works but can get a bit messy.

I was thinking the same, Ford should have took responsibility for that flaw and put it right

Diagro · 27 Jul 2023 at 14:38

All the ford's in our large family have this door seal issue.
Every single one.

The mazdas, bmws, merc, audi, tesla, smart cars do NOT.

Ford must be aware of this issue. But they don't really seem to care.

bobuk · 27 Jul 2023 at 18:18

I've used evo stick instant and didn't hava any problems just make sure all the surfaces are clean.

theone8181 · 27 Jul 2023 at 20:41

Diagro said:
All the ford's in our large family have this door seal issue.
Every single one.

The mazdas, bmws, merc, audi, tesla, smart cars do NOT.

Ford must be aware of this issue. But they don't really seem to care.

Only my wife's current 19 plate fiesta is fine. Iirc correctly it only seems to be the rear seals on the focus (hers a couple of years ago, and others ive seen), but I've no idea why just them and not the front.

Dis86 · 27 Jul 2023 at 20:53

theone8181 said:
Only my wife's current 19 plate fiesta is fine. Iirc correctly it only seems to be the rear seals on the focus (hers a couple of years ago, and others ive seen), but I've no idea why just them and not the front.

I'm sure I've seen the fronts flapping in the breeze before.

FluffySheep · 27 Jul 2023 at 21:55

Pervert

Andy Pandy · 28 Jul 2023 at 06:49

I had this issue on all the door seals on my Focus Rs mk3. I took it to Ford thinking warranty would cover it but they wanted £500 to replace all the seals lol. I just used gorilla glue and it fixed them.